Garment



sept. 30, 1924. 1,509,973

L. MILLER GARMENT Filed Nov. 14 1923 INVE NTOR XMW ATTORNEY erallyheretofore proposed.

Patented Sept. 30, 19 24. I

UNITED STATES F 1,509,973 PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS Km, 01? BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

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Application fled November 14 .1923. Serial No. 674,616.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS MILLER, a

citizen of the United States, residin at Brooklyn, in the county ofKings and btate of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Garments, of

which the following is a full, clear, and

It is a further object of the invention to provide a diaper the parts ofwhich may be manipulated to furnish an article adaptable to variousconditions.

- jects of the A still further object resides in the construction of agarment of the nature described which may be applied to the body withoutnecessarily using retainingmeans such as, for example, safety pins, etc,aside from the fact that in such application, the

garment may be readily manipulated andv caused to conform to the contourof the parts.

An additional object is that of providing a garment which willeflicientl rform the purposes for which it is intentlbtlhnd which willalso be economically and readily manufactured. I

Other objects ofthe invention will in art be obvious and will .in partappear ereinafter.

The invention accordingly comprises a garment possessing the features,properties, and the relation of elements which will be exemplified inthe article hereinafter described and the scope of the application ofwhich will be indicated in the claims.

For a fuller understanding of the nature and objects of the inventionreference should be had to the following detailed description taken inconnection with the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fi re 1 is a face view of a stri and associated parts, by means of whicht e obpresent invention may be accom lished, 1

Fig. 2 shows the strip folded upon itself ,fgprovide a pad,

'Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken along the lines 3-3 of Fig. 2,

Fig. 4 shows the second ing operation, and

Fig. 5 illustrates the article as applied to the body.

stage of the fold Referring to Fig. 1, it will be seen in the presentembodiment of the invention that there has been illustrated a strip 10,which may be made of any suitable material and which is of rectangularshape, its length being materially greater than its width.

In its preferred form the garment comprises a ong rectangular sheet offlexible washable material, which is preferably without padding and maybe designated as single ply material, adapted 'to be folded to form apad comprising three superposed panels 12, 13 and 14, for use, .andto-be unfolded again for purposes of cleaning and drying.

This pad has attached thereto cords or tapes 11 at opposite sides of oneedge and oop or keeper 15 at the center of the opposite edge. In use thepad is folded parallel to the edges mentioned, between the limbs and onecord is run through the loop. The'reupon by drawing up the cord theedges are drawn tightly around the trunk and the cooperation of the cordand keeper,

retalns the garment in place by limiting the movement ofthe edge,lateral .to itself. -In such application, attention being invited, toFig. 5, one section of the pad covers the body from the abdomendownwardly and the free side edges thereof extend around the limbstowards the upper part of the body, and slightly around the trunk.Similarly, the second section of the pad extends from the small of theback downwardly and the side edges of this section also partiallyencircle the limbs so that to gether with the side edges of the firstsection, garment legs are formed. Due to the pull exerted upon thesecond section by means of the belt, it will'be appreciated that theside edges of this section, adjacent their upper ends, are also causedto extend around the body and in so doing, they overlap the side edgesof the first section adjacent the upperends of the latter, whereby acomplete garment is formed, and it is obvious that by means of the belt,the free edges of the pad may be drawn snugly to embrace the body sothat accidental displacement of It will be understood that a garment ofthis nature offers a great number of advantages among which is to benumbered the fact that by forming the same of one preferably rectangularstrip of material, which is not sewn or otherwise providedwitlrpermanent pockets, the garment may be opened up so that it mayreadily be washed and ironed, it being also noted that during the dryingof such garment, the same occupies less space upon the dryer than wouldbe occupied by an ordinary diaper in which the length of all edges issubstantially equal.

Also, by virtue of the construction herewith suggested, the strip may befolded in numerous different manners in order to provide a pad of anydesirable thickness, aside from the fact that by utilizing a member such.as the belt herewith illustrated, the necessity for employing retainingmeans such as safety pins, is obviated.

Furthermore, due to the belt, the parts of the garment may be moved intothat relationship which is most desirable for the proper application ofthe garment to the parts of the bodyand also, due to the double loopfurnished, it is obvious that garments formed of strips of equal sizeare adaptable to the bodies of infants of diiferent sizes.

Thus, among others, the objects predicated to this invention areaccomplished, and it will be seen that sincecertain changes may be madein the garment and different embodiments of the invention could be-madewithout departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all mattercontained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawingshall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

It is also to be understood that the followclaims are intended to coverall of the generic and specific features of the invention hereindescribed, and all statements of .the scope of the invention which, as amatter of language, might be said to fall therebetween.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is:

1. A diaper comprising a flexible washable single ply sheet folded toprovide a substantially rectangular multiple ply pad, adapted to befolded to embrace the thighs, the outer face of said pad having cords atopposite sides adjacent one edge and a cord keeper adjacent the oppositeedge intermediate the sides thereof said cords being adapted tocooperate with each other to fold said first mentioned edge around thetrunk and to cooperate with said keeper to retain said second mentionededge in place.

2. A diaper comprising a flexible washable single ply sheet folded toprovide a substantially rectangular multiple ply pad, the outer face ofsaid pad having cords at opposite sides adjacent one edge adapted tocooperate with each other to fold the pad and draw toward each other theportions of the pad to which the cords are attached, and a cord keeperintermediate said sides. adjacent the opposite edge of said pad, adaptedto be engaged by the cordand limit the lateral position of the engagedpart of the cord in respect to the adjacent edge of the pad intermediatesaid sides.

In testimony whereof lt afiix my signature, in the presence of twowitnesses.

LGUIS MILLER. Witnesses:

HERMAN SMJGMAN, AUG llmnue.

